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that DeGruyter actually owns the name 'Linguistic Typology', hence moving to an alternative publisher does not sound like an option. If I remember
correctly, that is.<br><br>Giorgio F. Arcodia<br><br>
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https://www.facebook.com/bicoccalanguage<br><br>On Wed, 5 Jul 2017 09:17:31 +0200<br> Sebastian Nordhoff <sebastian.nordhoff@glottotopia.de>
wrote:<br>> Dear all,<br>> I was interested in how much money goes into each <br>>article in LT.<br>> <br>> There are currently 870
members in the directory.<br>> They all are subscribers to LT for 68 EUR.<br>> The total amount invoiced by the publisher is thus <br>>59,160
EUR.<br>> <br>> In the year 2015, there were 11 articles in 3 issues of <br>>LT. This gives<br>> you a cost per article of 5378
EUR.<br>> <br>> (There are reduced rates for students, which will reduce <br>>the amount, but<br>> then there are institutional
subscriptions, which will <br>>increase the amount)<br>> <br>> So let's say the cost of an LT article is 5000 EUR give <br>>and take.
This<br>> is still a closed access article, meaning that the <br>>publisher controls<br>> who is allowed to read the article.<br>>
<br>> Over at Glossa, they get their articles published for <br>>400 EUR, and that<br>> is true open access for everyone to read. Glossa is a
<br>>linguistics<br>> journal (heir of Lingua), and their requirements should <br>>be similar to ours.<br>> <br>> Same as renting a
flat for 5000 and noticing that your <br>>neighbour only<br>> pays 400 for a flat of the same size.<br>> <br>> So, if I am not mistaken,
we could reduce our <br>>publication costs by 93%,<br>> and get full open access as a bonus.<br>> <br>> Based on the figures above, this
would free up 54,760 <br>>EUR to be used for<br>> other goals, like awards, scholarships or conferences.<br>> <br>> I am sure I must have
missed something, since 93% <br>>savings seem<br>> completely unreal. But even if it were 50%, I would be <br>>happy to<br>> reallocate
25k towards scholarships etc.<br>> <br>> Best wishes<br>> Sebastian<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>>
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